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Digital Economy Bill

JP Rangaswami to the music industry: The Digital Economy Bill: Be Careful What You Wish For   BBC: Call for ‘fuller’ debate on Digital Economy Bill   The debate in Parliament Download Tera consultants Building a Digital Economy report PDF “The substitution rate represents the number of units that would likely have been sold if […]

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March #1

Digital Economy BillGuardian: Lords angered over three strikes rule for filesharers iPadY combinator looking for iPad startups JournalismFree manual for investigative journalists Story-based Inquiry Open AccessJISC: How to build a business case for an Open Access policy The new report shows how universities can work out how much they could save on their profit and […]

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February #1

ArchivesA New Issue of Ariadne (#62) is Now Available. See Democratising Archives and the Production of Knowledge Digital Economy BillOrphan works: leading museums & libraries support online access Times: Unlock collections for access to all Ebooks, librariesMortgaging the future of universities the e-book package way Freedom of InformationOut-law: how to appeal an ICO decision: new […]

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October #4

DefamationBirmingham Post Birmingham law firm to pursue online defamation Digital BritainDissecting ‘The Economic Case for Digital Inclusion’ Ian CuddyAn extended look at Lord Mandelson’s IP announcement at C&binet Paid Content Freedom of InformationAll FOI requests to this site now categorised Whatdotheyknow Google docsNow Exportable in Office and Open Office formats RWW LobbyingCivil servants fight off […]

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October #3

Digital BritainOfcom launches Consortium for Digital Participation70% oppose internet ban for filesharers, poll shows. GuardianIllegal downloads 150x more profitable than legal sales Torrent FreakMore than 10 million adults in the UK have never used the Internet. 4 million of them are the most socially disadvantaged. Race Online 2012 EducationTeach us a Lesson! competition for informal […]

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September #6

DesignTED video: Tim Brown (IDEO) urges designers to think big. From consumption to participation. Be inspired. Digital BritainISP responds: TalkTalk legal challenge if told to disconnect internet ‘pirates’. Times GuardianUK technology industry organisation responds to BIS Consultation on Legislation re illicit P2P file-sharing IntellectGovernment 2.0Calling open data developers: we need your help says Cabinet Office […]

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September #4

DIY scienceUS students take stunning images of Earth from space: budget $150. Video Digital BritainSalford conference on the future of local media. ReportGoogle AppsGoogle Apps and government Google public policy blog Google Book SettlementGoogle agrees to revise book scanning settlement Out-LawUpdated with Several New Items: Google Book Settlement Hearing Postponed ResourceShelfPamela Samuelson: Department of Justice […]

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September #2

Digital BritainFeatured Artists Coalition opposes disconnections policy ISP reviewSplit in the organisations representing musicians. FAC vs Musicians Union, PPL ObserverThe BIS consultation on disconnections ends on 15th September.FT: UK government to approve TV product placement Uturn ebooksDavid Byrne “… scariest for publishers I guess, is that inevitably someone will hack the Kindle (or other formats) […]

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September #1

Cloud ComputingCory Doctorow: ‘ the main attraction of the cloud to investors and entrepreneurs is the idea of making money from you, on a recurring, perpetual basis, for something you currently get for a flat rate or for free without having to give up the money or privacy that cloud companies hope to leverage into […]

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August #4

Digital BritainWatch interview Martha Lane Fox with Robert Peston http://bit.ly/10XE5LAppetite fades for ‘top-slicing’ BBC funding http://bit.ly/19GwGdPeter Mandelson: ‘nothing has been predetermined’ http://bit.ly/LQCU4John Naughton on Lord Mandelson’s intervention: http://bit.ly/RfXHu Edinburgh Television FestivalFull version of James Murdoch’s James MacTaggart speech is here on Guardian: http://bit.ly/QfSkIRobert Peston lecture What future for media & journalism? full text http://bit.ly/RfmNKJournalismInterested AstroTurf […]

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